Bird Feeder

[SilverDoctor]

Stocked up my small bird feeder table on Saturday to give the little guys a hand. It was appreciated by the many Chickadees visiting. had a small group of Bohemian Waxwings on Sunday passing through that had fun with the sunflower seeds, peanut butter and suet that I put out. The small feeder with roof was a good idea because of the number of Magpies I seem to have gained around my neighborhood. If you have a mind to the little guys could use a hand during the really cold weather.

[darrinhurst]

My wife has been putting out bird feed everyday since I've known her. She loves them. We have a heated bird bath that they love in the winter too. We have a family of Blue Jays in the area who LOVE the peanuts we put out for them.

 

The recent weather has seen more of them coming by as well. I actually saw the squirrel who lives in our tree eating the suet the other day lol

[Nick0Danger]

do you guys make your own suet?

[SilverDoctor]

The one one I use is:

 

1 part melted lard then mix in

1 part chunky or smooth peanut butter

6 parts cornmeal

 

Then, pour your warm suet 'soup' into the mold, I use the bottom of an old milk container. Lots of different ways of making it, you can add sunflower seeds nuts etc. You can also just buy the cakes. I put mine in the feeder adn alos smear it on some large pinecones.

[TerryH]

My wife has her feeders up and running, and there have been lots of takers this past week -- mostly chickadees and nuthatches. Here's a photo of a family that visited our feeders last spring. They weren't very gentle with the feeders. Memo to self: take feeders down in the spring and don't put them back up until these guys have hibernated.